Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 674 - 651 Shrunk (1/3)

Zhou Heng refined the Life Essence Qi within the Black Sword, and in less than half an hour, he had finished the process.

He had previously consumed many Silver Dragon Fish, which did not bring about a direct increase in his power, but instead gradually settled within his body, lacking only a breakthrough opportunity. Now, having refined Wu Dong’s Life Essence Qi, he finally triggered a qualitative transformation.

Hum!

He had formed the Tenth Wheel Sun—although it was still just a tiny speck of light! But a breakthrough was a breakthrough, and his strength instantly doubled!

With the Ten Wheels Sun, he was touching the Realm barrier. As long as he formed one more Sun Wheel, he could truly shatter the Realm barrier, and in terms of strength, he would not be inferior to a One-Wheel Sunshine Sovereign!

The higher the cultivation, the harder it gets!

Zhou Heng sighed. A Nine Wheels Sunshine King’s contribution to his cultivation was not very significant anymore. This time’s advancement to the Tenth Wheel Sun was entirely due to the accumulation from the many Silver Dragon Fish he had eaten, which led to a change in quality from the change in quantity.

The real treasures between heaven and earth were never martial artists but those spiritual objects that could not cultivate!

Take, for instance, the Heaven-Earth Fruit consumed by Black Donkey!

Without discussing others, just by looking at the several breakthroughs of the Black Donkey after it ascended to the Immortal Realm, one could tell how extraordinary the effectiveness of this Spirit Fruit was—it was simply defying the heavens!

Killing could lead to enlightenment. But as the saying goes, killing one is a sin, slaying thousands makes you a hero, and wiping out nine million makes you the hero among heroes! Anyone who chooses the path of slaughter must be steeped in blood, swimming in a sea of blood.

Zhou Heng was not afraid of killing, but he did not like it. He was born for martial arts, not for killing!

Speaking of which, Zhong Gufeng, the young man with the killing intent, was more suited to the path of slaughter than him!

Zhou Heng thought for a while and then stopped racking his brain. It was simple; he would not kill for the sake of cultivation, but only those he could not stand to see!

The duo and their donkey continued on. After another half a day, they found the second Fire Spring. Zhou Heng’s overwhelming strength was fully displayed, and naturally, the spring became theirs.

There are no walls that completely block the wind in this world, and many witnesses had seen Zhou Heng’s battle with Wu Dong. The news quickly spread throughout Flame Mountain, and everyone heard of Zhou Heng’s fame.

However, to say that everyone was afraid of Zhou Heng would be an overstatement, because not everyone believed this "rumor."

After all, Zhou Heng was only a Thirteen Wheels Moonlight Emperor on Hu Mei’s star ship, which thousands of eyes had witnessed. It could not be wrong! And now they were saying he became a Nine Wheels Sunshine King? Surely that must be a bluff?

In only a month’s time, advancing to Sunshine King might not be possible, let alone rocketing up to Nine Wheels Sunshine King!

Not every power had a strong background, but this place was not lacking in Sublimation Realm powerhouses. To bring out several Immortal Artifacts of the Sunshine Realm was more than feasible. With the control of Sunshine Sovereigns, Sunshine Emperors, or even Sublimation Kings, even if their Realm was suppressed, what of it? With enduring strength that never waned, they could wear down all Sunshine Kings to death!

Indeed, the Sunshine Kings were powerful, but they were not invincible here!

Even the ’One Sword Breaks the Heavens’ practitioners were not invincible, so there was no need to fear Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng and his companions drained the second Fire Spring and continued searching, encountering many people along the way. Some, wary of his strength, chose to avoid him. Others did not believe the rumors and insisted on challenging Zhou Heng, which inevitably led to their death.

This place was home not only to Fire Springs and martial artists but also to magical creatures spawned by the flames, which seemed to be part of the mountain itself. If they were not killed in one blow, they could immediately absorb the flames to heal, recovering at an astonishingly fast rate.

Many of them were extremely hostile to outsiders like Zhou Heng and often launched fierce attacks. Some were killed, but they also caused significant casualties among the martial artists. At least several hundred had been blasted, injured, or even killed.

But no one turned back because of this. For the sake of becoming more powerful, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, they were willing to risk their lives—unless there was no hope at all.

Zhou Heng had killed many martial artists and many fire creatures, becoming the most fearsome presence in Flame Mountain. Not only martial artists would steer clear of him by a wide margin, but even those fire creatures did not dare to provoke him actively.

After draining seven Fire Springs, Zhou Heng and his companions had arrived at the base of the highest peak in this mountain range.

This peak was visibly different from the others, as the other peaks burned red flames, but this one bubbled with blue flames, hotter in temperature, the heat waves enough to scorch a Sunshine King.

Zhou Heng and Black Donkey both increased the intensity of their body-protective spiritual power to resist the increasingly astonishing heat.

"There must be Exotic Fire within this mountain!" the Fire Divine Furnace within Zhou Heng’s Dantian excitedly said.

Zhou Heng was also quite pleased. If the Fire Divine Furnace could consume Exotic Fire once more, he would have two opportunities to act, which would greatly bolster his confidence. With only one chance, once used, it would be gone, and a rational person would always arrange a way out for themselves at all times.

They climbed the peak, where the number of Fire Springs was greater than elsewhere. However, only the strong could come to this place, and there were terrifying monsters that posed an extreme threat in this special environment.

Even Zhou Heng didn’t dare to be careless now. His battle power was indeed formidable, but his body had not yet reached the point of ignoring the bombardment of a Sunshine King. If he were careless and took a hit, it would not be good.

Minor Healing Runes were powerful, but they definitely couldn’t bring back the dead!

Zhou Heng fought several more battles, encountering thorny enemies who were truly the Dharma Aspect or even the Divine Aspect of some king, wielding high-tier Immortal Artifacts coupled with endless strength, almost pressing him down!

Luckily, the attacking rune worked its magic, and he blasted out an escape route for himself. Since both sides were wary of each other, they did not continue the fight.

After absorbing the ninth Fire Spring, Zhou Heng’s physique reached a critical point and finally broke through, ascending to the level of a Sunshine King!

Boom!

He soared up from the bottom of the spring, his body shimmering with golden light as if he were cast from gold.

"Hahahaha——" Both Black Donkey and Bing Xiulan burst into laughter, because after Zhou Heng had made this leap in his physique, the Divine Bones inside his body became extremely condensed; and without new metal to fill in, his size shrank considerably!

Now, he looked like a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, combined with his smooth skin and shiny jet-black hair; he truly resembled a handsome Golden Boy.

Of course, this naturally caused Black Donkey and Bing Xiulan to laugh even more—it was just too funny.

Zhou Heng sighed. He urgently needed more metal essence to restore his original appearance, otherwise, how could he get into bed with Ying Mengfan and the others with this look?

"Keep laughing, and I’ll suppress you all!" he grumbled.

"I’m not laughing anymore!" Black Donkey covered his mouth.

"I’ve stopped laughing!" Bing Xiulan had already collapsed to the ground, vigorously slapping the floor with both hands.

"You might as well laugh, this appearance is even more annoying!" Zhou Heng sighed.

"Hehehe!" Bing Xiulan and Black Donkey both let out mischievous laughter.

This Fire Spring hadn’t been drained yet, but Zhou Heng didn’t dare to continue playing around. If he kept on condensing his Divine Bones, would he become a ten-year-old, or even a five or six-year-old?

He sat aside, waiting for Bing Xiulan and Black Donkey to drain the spring.

However, despite the humor of his current stature, his defense had indeed undergone a qualitative change.

With his current physical strength, he could withstand at least a full-force strike from a Seven-Wheel Sunshine King without breaking a sweat, but Sunshine Kings who had surpassed the limit were not included. Individuals like One Sword Breaks the Heavens and Cold Frost Young Master could still pose a great threat to him.

But Zhou Heng’s greatest strength was never his defense, but his battle power!

In a battle amongst peers, he feared no one!

Having nothing better to do, he began to continue enhancing the rune combinations of the Blood River Heavenly Scripture.

Now that his physique had improved, naturally, the number of rune combinations could also increase.

The Minor Healing Rune was improved to seventy-six formations, and the two types of attack Minor Runes both reached ninety-nine formations, once again boosting his attack power and healing capability. Combined with his physical breakthrough, it could be said that he was advancing on all fronts in offense, defense, and healing.

Without Zhou Heng as a bottomless pit absorbing the divine substances from the Fire Spring, Black Donkey and Bing Xiulan took a whole day and a half to drain it completely, and they continued their ascent.

There were no other Fire Springs along the way, but the closer they got to the summit, the higher the temperature. Black Donkey was forced to operate at full capacity, and thanks to the continual refining of his body by the Fire Spring, he could barely withstand the terrifying flames.

Zhou Heng estimated that only a Seven-Wheel Sunshine King with an ordinary physique could have reached this point.

Unfortunately, even though they had reached this place, they had not encountered the rumored Fire Fox Peach.

They were not the first to reach the summit; there was a Heavenly Pool here, not particularly vast but much larger than the Fire Springs below, bubbling with air bubbles and emitting sparks.

The number of people was not large, with only eight people present other than Zhou Heng and his companions.

The temperature in this Heavenly Pool was certainly even higher. The fact that Black Donkey could make it here was already the limit, and Bing Xiulan relied on a mysterious Immortal Artifact to get this far. Even though they were here, they could only sigh helplessly at the sight of the pool; it was impossible for them to enter.

Black Donkey was dying of urgency, hopping up and down. This was equivalent to seeing an ownerless treasure but separated by a Great Trench, driving it to frustration.

"Kid, this Heavenly Pool is very likely to lead straight to the interior of the mountain!" the Fire Divine Furnace said from within the Dantian, a trace of excitement and anticipation in its voice.

Zhou Heng nodded. Although he didn’t want to refine his physique any further, it seemed he had to explore the pool.

He strode towards the Heavenly Pool, but as he reached three zhang from the pool, the eight people in the pool all cast their eyes on him, each gaze exerting immense pressure.

These eight individuals were all Sunshine Kings who had surpassed the limit, and it was even possible that they were Sunshine Sovereigns, Sunshine Emperors, or experts from the Sublimation Realm. In the past, they were Eight-Wheel, Nine-Wheel, Tenth-Wheel Sunshine Kings. Although their realms were suppressed at the moment, their aura was still terrifying.

The eight experts did not know each other, and their true battle power might be worlds apart. Yet in this special place, the fact that they could tolerate each other entering the Heavenly Pool was a recognition of each other’s strength.

Although the Heavenly Pool was large, the substances within it for Body Refining were limited, so it was naturally better to have fewer people sharing than more.

If Zhou Heng wanted to enter, he had to prove that he was qualified!(To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, and your support will be my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)